Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | CONT | STAUNER Gabriele (PPE-DE) |
Legal Basis RoP 094
Activites
- 2004/04/21 Final act published in Official Journal
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2004/04/21
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T5-0340/2004
summary
In adopting the report by Gabriele STAUNER (EPP-ED, D), the European Parliament voted to grant the Registrar of the Court of Justice discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the 2002 financial year. In an accompanying resolution, the Parliament notes the replies given by the Court of Justice on 17 December 2003 to the questionnaire sent by the Committee on Budgetary Control on 26 November 2003. It also states that as from next year the Court of Justice will forward to the European Parliament a report summarising the number and type of internal audits carried out, the recommendations made and the action taken on those recommendations. On the issue of non-official use of official cars, the Parliament notes that the Court of Justice, in addition to the official journeys authorised by it or by its President, defrays the cost of the use of official cars by its Members up to a ceiling of 30 000 km a year (Members of the Court of First Instance: 25 000 km; President of the Court of First Instance: 30 000 km). It notes that the Members of the Court thus enjoy benefits in kind although no corresponding decision has been taken by the EU Council of Ministers, which is responsible for their emoluments. The Court of Justice is called upon to amend its rules by 1 July 2004 to require its Members themselves to bear in full the cost of non-official use of official cars. On the issue of increases in remuneration as a result of weightings, Parliament notes that on the basis of an internal administrative ruling the Members of the Court of Justice have the possibility of benefiting from increases in remuneration by having it transferred in part to other EU Member States, and taking advantage of 'weightings' in the process, rather than receiving a transfer to accounts in their country of employment, Luxembourg. It points out that the decision is an internal administrative ruling by the Court of Justice and can under no circumstances be regarded as a ruling in its judicial capacity. It is pointed out that a decision by the Court of Justice's Administrative Committee was taken on 25 September 2002, but that, on a proposal by the Council, Parliament and the Council subsequently deleted a remark from the Court of Justice's 2003 preliminary draft budget (Item A-1090) which provided for weightings to be applied 'by analogy' with the provisions of the Staff Regulations of Officials to the Members of the Court of Justice too. Parliament notes that, in doing so, the budgetary authority made it perfectly clear that it expected an end to be put to the practice, which, since 1 January 2003, has not been authorised either by provisions in the relevant regulations on the remuneration of Members of the Institutions or by corresponding remarks in the budget. It also points out that the Members of the Commission no longer claim weightings and calls on the Members of the Court of Justice to follow that example. Parliament requests in this connection what progress the Court has made in establishing a specific legal basis for the application of weightings, as insisted on by Parliament. Parliament is pleased that the Court of Justice adheres to the same 'whistleblower's doctrine' as the Commission. It notes that such a doctrine is only truly effective if staff members are aware of it and encourages the Court of Justice to ensure thatthis information is freely available to its staff. Lastly, Parliament invites its Committee on Budgets to place part of the 2005 administrative appropriations for the Court of Justice in reserve if there is no satisfactory response to the concerns raised in this resolution over non-official car use and the system of salary weightings.�
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T5-0340/2004
summary
- 2004/03/29 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2004/02/25
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2003/05/13
Non-legislative basic document published
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N5-0034/2003
summary
PURPOSE : to present the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet concerning the activities of the budget for the financial year 2002 (Section VI – Economic and Social Committee).CONTENT : this document sets out the amount of expenditure and the balance sheet for the other institutions of the Union (except the Commission) for 2002, in particular the Economic and Social Committee (ESC). The initial 2002 budget of the ESC was EUR 76 million.The budget was marked by the following elements :- new budgetary accounting system : the development of the new general accounting and budgetary systems is continued which, in turn, improves in the financial management of the Committee.- SAB : given the difficult financial perspectives in 2003, the budgetary authority had asked for the budgetary surplus of the ESC to be identified and to anticipate the 2002 expenditure appropriations initially foreseen in 2003 : this was to be done with the releasing of EUR 3.2 million of which a major part (EUR 2.2 million) was subject to a supplementary amending budget at the disposition of the other institutions to finance their own operations.- physical inventory : this inventory carried out in 2002 highlighted certain problems which were amended in 2003 (inventory updated via the database which was created for this purpose for the institutions).- interinstitutional cooperation : in 2002 a technical assistance to certain agencies. The European Agency of Reconstruction in Thessaloniki had been proposed once again to receive know-how from the ESC.Other important points to be retained from the implementation of the 2002 budget concern the cooperation with the Committee of the Regions (renovation of the Belliard Building and the physical inventory).
- DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}],
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N5-0034/2003
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: N5-0034/2003
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0228/2004
- : Budget 2004/724
- : OJ L 330 04.11.2004, p. 0140-0140
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0340/2004
History
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PURPOSE : to present the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet concerning the activities of the budget for the financial year 2002 (Section VI – Economic and Social Committee). CONTENT : this document sets out the amount of expenditure and the balance sheet for the other institutions of the Union (except the Commission) for 2002, in particular the Economic and Social Committee (ESC). The initial 2002 budget of the ESC was EUR 76 million. The budget was marked by the following elements : - new budgetary accounting system : the development of the new general accounting and budgetary systems is continued which, in turn, improves in the financial management of the Committee. - SAB : given the difficult financial perspectives in 2003, the budgetary authority had asked for the budgetary surplus of the ESC to be identified and to anticipate the 2002 expenditure appropriations initially foreseen in 2003 : this was to be done with the releasing of EUR 3.2 million of which a major part (EUR 2.2 million) was subject to a supplementary amending budget at the disposition of the other institutions to finance their own operations. - physical inventory : this inventory carried out in 2002 highlighted certain problems which were amended in 2003 (inventory updated via the database which was created for this purpose for the institutions). - interinstitutional cooperation : in 2002 a technical assistance to certain agencies. The European Agency of Reconstruction in Thessaloniki had been proposed once again to receive know-how from the ESC. Other important points to be retained from the implementation of the 2002 budget concern the cooperation with the Committee of the Regions (renovation of the Belliard Building and the physical inventory). New
PURPOSE : to present the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet concerning the activities of the budget for the financial year 2002 (Section VII - Committee of the Regions).
CONTENT : this document sets out the amount of expenditure and the balance sheet for the other institutions of the Union (except the Commission) for 2002, in particular the Committee of the Regions.
The year 2002 constitutes the third financial year with financial autonomy following the suppression of the joint organisational structure with the Economic and Social Committee. Its budget rose to EUR 83,9 million.
The management report from the CoR states that the Committee continued its process of consolidation as an institution by reinforcing the recognition of its institutional role.
The main axes of its activities in 2002 were:
- the consolidation of the advisory role of the Committee of the Regions with for the first time, the creation of its own reports on the territorial impact of Union policies,
- the participation in the work of the Convention on the future of Europe.
Among the salient points to be remembered from the 2002 financial year, one notes:
- the low level of commitment appropriations as regards the members' allowances due to the arrival of new members who have not asked for their expenses to be reimbursed,
- the decrease of mission costs following the warning from the budgetary planning services,
- the drop in meeting expenses due to the cancellation of a conference in Valence,
- the significant decrease of the expenditure linked to studies in 2002 due to the reduction in own initiative opinions at the beginning of the year and to the renewing of its members.�
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